Developing the Global Conservation Strategy for Coffee Genetic Resources Sarada Krishnan, Ph.D.

To grow, protect, and enhance supplies of quality coffee while improving the livelihoods of the families who produce it.

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Coffee Needs to be Conserved Coffee genetic resources are being lost at a rapid pace Most of the main collections of coffee are in disrepair and its natural habitat is rapidly disappearing –leading to genetic erosion

A Joint Initiative There is currently no global conservation strategy for coffee World Coffee Research and the Crop Trust are announcing today the development of a Global Conservation Strategy for Coffee

Strategy Development Background document for the global conservation strategy Current understanding of the status of the major coffee collections Understanding of the major gaps in these collections or their conservation Understanding of the current in situ and complementarity ex situ collections of coffee germplasm and its wild relatives

The Objective Identify high priority actions that need to be taken and ensure commitment by the coffee community to invest in these actions Securing long term conservation of globally available coffee through the Crop Trust’s Crop Diversity Endowment Fund